In this shocking memoir from a former corrections officer, Gary Heyward shares an eye-opening, gritty, and devastating account of his descent into criminal life, smuggling contraband inside the infamous Rikers Island jails.
Matt Graham, star of the Discovery Channel's Dual Survival and Dude, You're Screwed, details the physical, mental, and emotional joys and harrowing struggles of his life as a modern-day hunter-gatherer.
One of ';Five Best Books about Wartime Presidents'Michael Bechloss, The Wall Street Journal From Lyndon Johnson's closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which ';Johnson leaps out of the pages in all his raw and earthy glory' (The New York Times Book Review) that's been called ';a joy to read' (Stephen Ambrose, The Washington Post Book World).
A deeply personal memoir spanning three generations of women, this is the intimate autobiography of Emmy Awardwinning actress Debbi Morgan, best known as Angie Hubbard on the long-running soap opera All My Children.
From a former criminal and now chaplain for the San Francisco 49ers and the Golden State Warriors, comes a riveting, behind-the-bars look at one of America's most feared prisons: San Quentin.
Sharply funny and compulsively readable, The Gilded Razor is a ';powerful addition to the literature of active addiction and recovery' (New York Times bestselling author Bill Clegg) from Sam Lansky.
The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman brings alive the life and world of Lincoln Steffens, the original Muckraker and father of American investigative journalism.
In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar and The Liars Club, Blaine Lourd writes a powerful Gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana.
A heartwarming memoir of love and faith from Hannah Brencherfounder of The World Needs More Love Letterswho has dedicated her life to showing total strangers that they are not alone in the world.
20th Anniversary Edition An intimate and investigative portrait of beloved Mexican American singer Selena Quintanillas murder by Emmy Award-winning journalist Mara Celeste Arrars.
Veteran comedian Artie Lange turns an unflinching eye and his signature wit on his perilous descent into drug addiction, life-threatening depression, and ultimately, his recovery, in the follow-up to his hilariously raw debut, the #1 New York Times bestseller Too Fat to Fish.
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Primates of Park Avenue is an ';amusing, perceptive anddeliciously evil' (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the most secretive and elite tribeManhattan's Upper East Side mothers.
Barton Swaim was struggling to find an academic jobhed recently received a PhD in Englishwhen he sent his resume to Mark Sanford, the conservative and controversial governor of South Carolina.
New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.
New York Times bestselling author of Life as I Blow It Sarah Colonna is back with a hilarious, honest look at life in her late thirtiesin all its messy, pants-missing glory.
From a dogged political reporter, an investigation into the political education of Mitch McConnell and an argument that this powerful Senator embodies much of this countrys political dysfunction.
This ebook boxed set collects MSNBC host Chris Matthews's works of biography, from his time in House Speaker Tip O'Neill's office, to the rivalry between Kennedy and Nixon, to the elusive hero who was John F.
The story that inspired the major motion picture, with an introduction by the bestselling author of Wench, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing, vividly detailed, and utterly unforgettable account of slavery.
From the national bestselling author and ';one of the best tight ends the game has ever seen' (New York Post), beloved NFL star and Tampa Bay Buccaneer Rob ';Gronk' Gronkowski offers you an exclusive front row seat of his life from the locker room to the VIP room.
In this ';beautiful, evocative' (Booklist, starred review) memoir, Yvette Johnson travels to the Mississippi Delta to uncover the moving, true story of her late grandfather Booker Wright, whose extraordinary act of courage would change his and, later, her life forever.
This mesmerizing companion book to the award-winning film, The Butler traces the Civil Rights Movement and explores crucial moments of twentieth century American history through the eyes of Eugene Allena White House butler who served eight presidents over the course of thirty-four years.
A fresh look at President William McKinley from New York Times bestselling author and political mastermind Karl Rovea rousing tale told by a master storyteller whose love of politics, campaigning, and combat shines through on every page (Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Team of Rivals).
In her eminently readable memoir about turning darkness back into light (People), the nationally bestselling author of Good Hair candidly shares her journey from having it all to plunging into a deep depression after her beloved mothers deathand finally climbing back out.
In this candid autobiography, Amway cofounder Rich DeVos reflects on work, faith, family, and the core values hes held on to, from his humble Christian upbringing through his enormous success running one of the worlds largest businesses.
**ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ROLLING STONE**The captivating memoir from ';the emperor of intergalactic funk' (NPR) and most influential pop artists of our timeknown for over forty R&B hit singlesGeorge Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic.
A funny, insightful memoir (Kirkus Reviews) about growing up Iranian in America, and the quest to make it as an actor in Hollywood without having to wear a turban, tote a bomb, or get kicked in the face by Chuck Norris.
Author of the New York Times bestseller Chanel Bonfire, Wendy Lawless chronicles her twenties: the darkly funny story of a girl without a roadmap for life who leaves her disastrous past to find herself in the gritty heart of 1980s New York City.
A keenly observed collection of personal essays about what its like to be a young woman working in the fashion industry, Amy Odells Tales from the Back Row offers a backstage pass to the intimidating, backbiting industry (US Weekly).
A devastating and infuriating book, more astonishing than any legal thriller by John Grisham (The New York Times) about a young father who spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commitand his eventual exoneration and return to life as a free man.
The senator from Missouri shares her straightforward, plainspoken, and at once deeply personal and thoroughly political (Publishers Weekly) story of embracing her ambition, surviving sexism, making a family, losing a husband, outsmarting her enemiesand finding joy along the way.
';Anne Truitt's frankness and intellectual curiosity about the hows and whys of a working artist's life' (Megan O'Grady, The New Yorker) are compiled in this one e-volume of all three of her journals, the illuminating, inspiring record of reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life.
A fresh and fast-paced study of one of the most important crimes of the twentieth century (The Washington Post), The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet spy and a confession to the author by the Rosenbergs co-defendant.
A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this ';humorous, informative, and poignant book' celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs and ';shows how the magic was created' (Library Journal).
